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Product Liability

Jun. 30, 2010

Drug Recalls May Prompt Suits

A series of recent recalls of tainted medicines has ignited the ire of Congress members, who want to increase the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's authority over drug manufacturing.

By Mandy Jackson

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A series of recent recalls of defective medicines has raised the ire of Congress, which wants to increase the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's authority over drug manufacturing.

Whether the spate of recalls will spawn the relatively rare pharmaceutical manufacturing defect lawsuits remains to be seen, according to lawyers who advise pharmaceutical and medical device companies. ...

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